Starch- graft -poly(lactic acid) is put forward as an efficient compatibilizer of thermoplastic starch – PLA binary blend for a sustainable and high barrier film structures.

The blending of polymers leads to materials with the desired combined properties. These properties can further be improved by incorporation compatibilizer, organoclay, or both. In present manuscript, effects compatibilizer and as well their use on rheological, thermal, mechanical styrene copolymer blends, is examined. Styrene-containing copolymers blends were prepared melt-mixing in a twin scre...

As a biodegradable and flexible copolymer, poly(butyleneadipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) is used for packaging. However, high cost limited properties restrict its applications. Because of the hydrophobic nature PBAT, low mechanical are observed when PBAT cellulosic fibers, which hydrophilic, in blends. To increase interfacial adhesion between cellulose γ-(2,3-epoxypropoxy) propytrimethoxysilane...

The ability of commercial nanofillers Nanofil, Cloisite and by own way prepared MMT/ODA for PE and PP matrix was evaluated. Different types of mentioned type of nanofillers were added into polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) matrix in various concentrations. The amount of clays was calculated as 3 and 5 wt% to the weight of PE/PP. The PE/PP and nanofillers were mixed on a one screw KO Knea...

The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using nonmetallic printed circuit board (PCB) waste as filler in recycled HDPE (rHDPE) in production of rHDPE/PCB composites. Maleic anhydride modified linear low-density polyethylene (MAPE) was used as compatibilizer. In particular, the effects of nonmetallic PCB and MAPE on mechanical properties of the composites were assessed throug...

Polyethylene/nanoclay specimens containing from 0 to 5% nanoclays were prepared from a commercially available premixed PE/nanoclay masterbatch containing 50%wt of nanoclay. The masterbatch was diluted to the desired concentration by adding PE along with various amounts of compatibilizer in order to achieve the best possible dispersion of the nanoclay platelets. The dielectric response of the co...

Polymer nanocomposites with organically modified nanoclay have two different types of interface sites: edges with hydroxyl groups and gallery faces with oxygen atoms. In this study, the polymer-particle interface was strengthened by a coupling agent, aminoalkyldimethoxysilane, which allowed the formation of covalent bonds between silane treated organoclay and maleic anhydride groups of the long...

in this research, high oxygen-barrier films were organized based on low-density polyethylene (ldpe)/ ethylene vinyl alcohol (evoh)/ polyethylene-grafted maleic anhydride (ldpe-g-ma) compatibilizer. the effects of 10–30 wt. % evoh and 0–10 wt. % ldpe-g-ma loadings on the properties of final films were evaluated. the morphology of specimens was observed by using scanning electron microscopy (sem)...

In this study, rice-straw (RS) filled high density polyethylene (HDPE) composites were manufactured by extrusion and injection molding. Three compatibilizers, which are unfunctionalized ethylene/propylene copolymer (uEPR), maleic anhydride grafted EPR (EPR-g-MA) and PE-g-MA, and their combinations were introduced to strengthen fibermatrix interphase. The mechanical and morphological properties ...